Right now I just want to talk about something that just ticks me off. Though I do complain about it I really don't mind advertising, unless it's in some way intrusive. Let me give you some examples of good advertising and bad advertising.
Good: Banner ads on a website.
Bad: Excessive banners or ads that just have a picture that says download, play now, or in anyway try to tick people to click on them with out them knowing what they are doing. (this is partly controlled by the person who manages the site so shame on them)
Good: Junk mail (ya no one likes it but I wouldn't call it bad... well unless it is)
Bad: Getting 4+ letters from the same company everyday for several weeks in a row (this happened to me, I won't name names but it was a bank and they seemed to be Chaseing something)
Good: Funny or informative ads.
Bad: Ads that just sit and say why their competitors are so bad with out saying why they are good.
Anyway to get to my point there was an update to Windows on my work computer the other day and they had the nerve to change my homepage in internet explorer to Bing. They changed it because it's Microsoft and Bing is Microsoft's new search engine and they want to make sure everyone knows about it. Pretty much if they try to change or force advertising in any way is a bad way to advertise. Junk mail can be tossed, banners can be ignored in the end that's your choice, remove the choice and it's a big no no.
So ya I'll never use Bing because of the way they try to present it. By all means set it to that by default but don't change it once it's already been set to something else you big jerk!
K all done.
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